Cider-press



f (No Model.)

J. L. WILCOX.

GIDER PRESS.

vPzentented Jan.30, 1883.

ATTORNEY S.

N. PUERS, Phmo-Lhhagnphnr, washington. D. CA

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Afinar JOSHUA L. WILGOX, OF FLIN'LMICHIGAN.

CIDER-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,387, dated January30, 1883.

Appnationniedoctobera,1882. (No modem Atrivances for turning the endlessweb to inrlose and retain the pomace while being acted upon by therolls; also, in endless pressingaprons, between which the bag passesthrough the rolls, and also in the drivers for operating the rolls, allas hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

'which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of my improved cider-press. Fig.2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the driving-gear. Figs.4 and 5 are details ot the bag and contrivances for folding it, andFigs. 6 and 7 are details of the endless pressing-aprons.

From the hopper a of the grinding-mill the poniace passes through thespout b upon the endless web c, of strong canvas or other ma.- terial,in which it is inclosed in a sort o'f sack or bag by folding the'edgesover and Wrapping them around the pomace, as shown at (l, by; which thesack of the said endless web is carried between the endlesspressing-aprons c, composed of wood or other plates jointed together andruiming between the pressingrolls f, said aprons passing over carriers gand guides h. In order to run the web c latwise or open under the spoutb to receive the pomace therefrom, and then fold the edges over toinclose the same, I cord the edges of the web with strong endlessguide-cords t', and arrange grooved guide-rollers j suitably for thecords to run on from where the web issues from the pressing-aprons backto hopper, the said web being then in the outstretched or ilatwisecondition. 0n the sides of the spout,

and suitably above the lower end to raise the edges ofthe web a properamount preparatory to folding them over the pomace and cause the web toassume a troughshaped form to receive the pomace and convey it towardthe pressingrolls, I locate the guide grooved rolls` r, as shown, overwhich the corded edges of the web c pass; and a little in advance ofwhere the folded and sach-formed web enters between the pressing-apron Iarrange an arm, m, to project over the part of the sack containing thepomace and carrying a roller-guide, n, on its under side, along whichthe underlapping edge of the web runs, said roller being at or about theend of the arm, and onthe upper side, and some distance back ofthe endofthe arm,it carries another grooved guide-roll, o, over which theoverlapping edge of the web passes to be overlapped and laid on thelower edge, as shown. The web thus folded over and inclosing the poinacepasses between the aprons c to be pressed and issues at the other end ofthe same, where other guide-wheels p receive the corded edges of the web`and deliver it to the rst set ot carrying-rollers]l for the return tothe mill in the outspread or flat form, as aforesaid.v The plates of theendless pressing-aprons are grooved, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and willalso in practice loe perforated or slotted for the escape of theexpressed juice. Said plates are connected together in the -endless formby joints vof suitable construction commonly used in devices of thiskind.

For operating the pressingrolls I gear them with a driving-shaft, s, byworms q and wormwheels t, arranged between the rolls of each pair, andconnect the shaft with the rolleror cylinder ofthe grinding-mill by thebevel-pinions u, spur-wheel c, and pinion w, the power being applied tosaid cylinder in any approved way.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t 1. The combination of the guide-rolls r, located onthe spout ofthe mill-hopper a, and the folding-rolls 'n o, located onthe arm m, in advance of the pressing-rollers, with the endless web c,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the rolls ff, of the two parallel aprons e c,arranged between said rolls, and the endless web c, passing hetween saidaprons, as shown and described.

3. The endless pressingaprons c, having ICO grooved pressing-surfaces,and beingooinbi ned with the endless web c, and pressing-rolls f,substantially as described.

4. The endless web o, having the edge-cords` worm-wheels t, worms q,shaft; s, and Wheels lo u 1; w, the Wheel w being mounted on the shaftof the grinding-cylinder, substantially as described.

' JOSHUA L. \VILCOX.

Vitnesses:

J ARED VAN VLEET, Trios. H. NESBITT.

